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Hue and Cry (1947)

"The Film that Begs to Differ"

6.4/10 1h 22m Feb 01, 1947
Comedy Crime Adventure

A gang of street boys foil a master crook who sends commands for robberies by cunningly altering a comic strip's wording each week, unknown to writer and printer. The first of the Ealing comedies.

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Movie Details

Original Title Hue and Cry
Original Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 0.6

Cast

Alastair Sim
Alastair Sim
Felix H. Wilkinson
Popularity: 1.2
Jack Warner
Jack Warner
Nightingale
Popularity: 5.8
Valerie White
Valerie White
Rhona
Popularity: 0.7
Jack Lambert
Jack Lambert
Ford
Popularity: 0.3
Harry Fowler
Harry Fowler
Joe Kirby
Popularity: 8.3
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Douglas Barr
Alec
Popularity: 0.5
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Stanley Escane
Roy
Popularity: 0.0
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Ian Dawson
Norman
Popularity: 0.1
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Gerald Fox
Dicky
Popularity: 0.1
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David Simpson
Arthur
Popularity: 0.1
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Albert Hughes
Wally
Popularity: 0.1
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John Hudson
Stan
Popularity: 0.0

Key Crew

Screenplay T. E. B. Clarke
Director Charles Crichton
Producer Michael Balcon
Music Georges Auric
Editor Charles Hasse

Production

Ealing Studios
GB

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Keywords

gang leader gang boys action adventure bombed building lighthearted city in ruins optimistic

Reviews from TMDB

CinemaSerf 7/10
Nov 10, 2022

This is one of the lesser known Ealing comedies and it has something of the Children's Film Foundation output to it too, as the youngsters cotton on to a dastardly plan to use the narrative bubbles in a children's comic to convey messages that unwittingly to the publisher and animator facilitate dar ... Read more

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Details
Release Date February 1, 1947
Runtime 1h 22m
Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 0.6
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